Lamentations 4:17-19

Lexham English Bible

¹⁷ Still our eyes failed,
    looking for our help in vain;
in our watchtower, we kept watch
    for a nation that could not save.
¹⁸ They hunted our steps,
    from walking in our streets;
our end has come near, our days are finished,^[a]
    our end has come.
¹⁹ Our pursuers were swifter
    than the eagles of the heavens;
they chased us on the mountains,
    they have set an ambush for us in the desert.